California · Public charity
Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust
The health trust aims to improve health and quality of life for residents of the greater pajaro valley by providing health promotion services and diabetes self-management education. Additionally, we convene cross-sector stakeholders to align resources to realize a shared vision of health and provide grants and allied support to local…
- $369k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $92,400
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 31
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $19M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 75% of the organizations Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 86% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 14% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $259k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 18 | $364k | 11% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $301k | 75% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $345k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $6.3M | 11% |
| FY2021 | 31 | $1.1M | 52% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $201k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $200k | 30% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $191k | 38% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pajaro Valley Healthcare District Project | $6,000,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Pajaro Valley Unified School | $260,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Cabrillo College Foundation | $188,600 | 3 | 1% |
| Community Action Board | $143,000 | 3 | 1% |
| FoodWhat Incorporated | $127,500 | 6 | 5% |
| Family Service Agency of the Central Coast | $114,000 | 8 | 1% |
| United Way of Santa Cruz County | $113,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Dientes Community Dental Care | $112,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Cabrillo Community College | $100,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Pajaro Valley Prevention and Student Assistance Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 51 grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($249k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 42 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation Santa Cruz County · Monterey Peninsula Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Dignity Health · Volunteer Centers of Santa Cruz County · East Bay Community Foundation · Sunlight Giving · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Caroline's Nonprofit Thrift Shop · Sutter Bay Hospitals · Sutter Bay Medical Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation
How this is measured
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About Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust
- How much does Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust give?
- Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust reported 18 grants totaling $369,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 31 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (73%), Education (8%), Food & Nutrition (5%).
- Who are Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Pajaro Valley Healthcare District Project ($6.0M), Pajaro Valley Unified School ($260k), Cabrillo College Foundation ($189k).
- Does Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation Santa Cruz County, Monterey Peninsula Foundation, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals.
- Where is Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust based?
- Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust is based in CA.
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